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I'm picking this up from the Runner's Thread; more photos from the Black Hills. If you've never been there, go! Now!
It looks as though my photos from Harney Peak were takin on my SLR camera (and I never scanned them in :oops: ) |
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Thu May 17, 2007 8:42 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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Here are some pics I took of the Black Forest too!
Cathedral Spires taken on the hike up Mt. Harney
The Black Forest taken on the hike up Mt. Harney
Another one of the Black Forest taken on the hike up Mt. Harney
A wildflower along side the trail
The backside of Mt. Rushmore (distant flat, broad peak) taken on the hike up Mt. Harney
I had a family reunion in the Black Forest last summer around the US Independence Day holiday. I hiked Mt. Harney with two of my kids (ages 9 and 11 at the time), my cousin, and his son (age 9 at the time).
Gorgeous scenery. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:09 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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An abandoned mine on the hike up Mt. Sherman
A couple summers ago, I took this one while hiking with my oldest up Mt. Sherman. Mt. Sherman is one of Colorado's 54 14,000 ft. peaks. This mine is at about 13,000 ft., clearly above the tree line. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:12 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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Grays and Torreys Peaks taken on the trail up Mt. Quandry
Columbine on the Mt. Quandry Trail
Mt. Quandary is another Colorado 14er. I hiked it last summer with my oldest son. I took both of these pics on the hike. The first pic is of the "twin peaks" of Grays and Torreys which I also hiked last summer. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:17 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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Seven Falls from the Mt. Cutler Trail
Seven Falls is a Colorado Springs tourist attraction (or maybe just trap). Nice bus parking and that.
The real view is from here, on the trail up Mt. Cutler. Cutler is pretty short and only a 20 minute driven from downtown. I've hiked Cutler a couple times with the younger kids as well as run it a couple times. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:19 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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PapaBanucci & DD on the Summit of Mt. Democrat
Mt. Democrat is another Colorado 14,000 ft. peak. This was the very first Colorado 14er I summited and was only now two summers ago. (I've now summited seven and plan on doing another four or so this summer.)
I had only been "in shape" less than a year. It was a trek up for both me and my daughter. She cried at the false summit hoping it would be the top.
My daughter was 8 at the time. "Polo Bear" has been up three Colorado 14ers with my daughter. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:25 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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From the Trail up Pikes Peak
Two of the Banucci Kids Pointing out "Butt Crack Rock" on the Hike up Pikes Peak
Papa, Mamma, and the Older Two Banuccis (and Polo Bear) on the Pikes Peak Summit
We hiked Pikes Peak for my birthday last summer. Two and a half day trek doing it with MommaBanucci and the older two kids. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:30 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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And finally the view from my neighborhood.
At least on the one perfect day of the year with an incredible fog layer and with a bit of cropping out of the neighbor's houses to just get the mountain.
All of these posts are making me want to hike this summer! |
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Thu May 17, 2007 9:34 pm |
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| maltby_gardner
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| It's so weird that your 14,000+ ft. peaks are bare. Mt. Rainier is covered in snow and ice all the time. How far do you actually have to climb to get to the top. I mean, what is the altitude of the base of those peaks? |
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Thu May 17, 2007 11:15 pm |
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| A-Rod
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maltby_gardner wrote: It's so weird that your 14,000+ ft. peaks are bare. Mt. Rainier is covered in snow and ice all the time. How far do you actually have to climb to get to the top. I mean, what is the altitude of the base of those peaks?
someone in the neighborhood! :grin: |
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Thu May 17, 2007 11:33 pm |
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| Doc_plus25
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PapaBanucci wrote:
Okay, this one evokes my fear of heights. :shock: Beautiful, though!
PB, your kids are almost as cute as mine! :) Looks like they have Dad's face and Mom's coloring.
I love the pic of the columbine, too. Beautiful! |
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Thu May 17, 2007 11:36 pm |
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| maltby_gardner
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| Doc, I'm always telling people their kids are almost cute enough to be mine. We must think alike. I love columbine; they are one of my favorite flowers but they don't grow wild here. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 11:38 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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maltby_gardner wrote: It's so weird that your 14,000+ ft. peaks are bare. Mt. Rainier is covered in snow and ice all the time. How far do you actually have to climb to get to the top. I mean, what is the altitude of the base of those peaks?
A rather controversial topic.
The general "rule" Colorado hikers go by is that you must ascend 3,000 vertical ft. to consider it a climb of a 14er.
Many of the valleys are around 9,000 ft. Quite high.
So often folks will drive up to a trailhead around 11,000 ft. or so and start the hike from there.
When we did Pikes Peak last summer, it is a very different matter. We started at 6,500 ft. above sea level and ascent more than a vertical mile. |
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Fri May 18, 2007 2:19 am |
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| PapaBanucci
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Doc_plus25 wrote: Okay, this one evokes my fear of heights. :shock: Beautiful, though!
Me too! The trail up Cutler is completely runnable. There is one spot where you have to put your hands down on the rocks, but otherwise it is beautiful trail. It is from the one rocky spot that I took the picture of Seven Falls. And there is a nice drop off there too.
Doc_plus25 wrote: PB, your kids are almost as cute as mine! :) Looks like they have Dad's face and Mom's coloring.
German bones. Irish skin. (So how did I get the Banucci Italian name...)
Doc_plus25 wrote: I love the pic of the columbine, too. Beautiful!
Illegal to pick. :D |
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Fri May 18, 2007 2:25 am |
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| maltby_gardner
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| So you have a mysterious Italian surname...my 7/8 Hispanic husband has an Irish surname name. Did you know that lots of Irish people emigrated to Mexico during the Potato Famine? And we thought they all came to the US! |
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Fri May 18, 2007 3:35 am |
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